Commonly Available Electronic Components for Design Engineers
This is the main reference page which provides a list of the commonly available electronic components, parts, accessories for your electronic design selection.
If you are an electronic designer, you are welcome to bookmark this page for your future design reference.
Connectors
Passive Components
Capacitor Types (selection)
- Ceramic capacitor
- Polymer capacitor
- Film capacitor (Metallized film, Foil firm, Polypropylene film or PP film, Polyyester film, etc…)
- Aluminum Electrolytic capacitors
- Tantalum Electrolytic capacitors
- Niobium Electrolytic capacitors
- Super capacitor
- Silver Mica capacitor
- Variable capacitor
- etc…
- smd, surface mount
- through hole
- radial style
- screw terminal
Display
Switches
- Switches
- PCB mount tactile switches
- Metalic panel mount switches
Microcontrollers
- Microchip Microcontrollers Selection
- Atmel Microcontrollers Selection
PCB Accessories
Cable Selection Guide
AC Power Plug
- UK Plug (3 pins)
- EU Plug (2 pins)
- IEC C13 plug (230Vac, 10A)
- IEC C7 plug (230Vac, 2.5A)
Reference:
- International plug reference: https://www.iec.ch/world-plugs
- https://www.interpower.com/ic/designers/designing-for-export/guides-and-charts/IEC-60320-Appliance-and-Interconnection-Couplers.html
Product Accessories for Projects
Mechanical Resources
- Mechanical prototyping
- Materials
- Screws, washer, nuts, mechanical accessories
- Cable grommet, cable watertight gland
- Rubber feet for enclosure (rubber leg base for casing)
Software
Electrical Single Line Drawing Schematic Tools
Admin Tools
- Screenshot capture tool, https://app.prntscr.com/en/index.html